9

Chew on that!

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Clean golden colour with a big frothy, warm-whitish head, good retention and nice creamy-foamy lacing streaks. Hoppy aromas of freshly picked hop buds and their oil. The hops continue into the taste, milder, as a lager, but still quite flavourful. Lightly dry and kind of refreshing. A nice lager with the real hop leaf characteristic.

4.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Dark gold with a large foamy white head Floral, grassy and herbal hops. Medium finish and body.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pour is a clear brassy gold with a large white head. Aroma is a generic green wet hop. Flavor is more of a generic hop with some neutral malt and a decent enough bitterness. Pretty clean and easy to drink but also not that exciting. Lacks a little chewy malt body.

6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Never felt Sam Adams has a firm grasp on how to do hoppy beers; their hoppier brews always seem to lack complexity, instead coming across as a focus group consensus of what a hop-driven beer should be. Hoppy Lager is no different; citrus and pine and a clean lager finish. Ticks the boxes but doesn’t stand out.

6.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Spruce, lemon, and biscuit malt aroma. Golden yellow wtih moderate white head and mild effervescence. Minimally sweet lemon, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter spruce, grass, and lemon peel flavor. Light body.